Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 23 Feb 2003 15:22:11 -0500 (EST) | From | David Mansfield <> | Subject | Re: oom killer and its superior braindamage in 2.4 |
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> > > If you read my post, the bug is that the kernel CANNOT kill that > > process? Why? If it's really a bad process, shouldn't it be the one > > that gets killed? > > > This is my question, and I don't see how the patch addresses it. > > And you won't see one, either. You cannot change the > semantics of uninterruptible sleep, nor can the OOM > killer change other device driver things.
So you're saying that a process can stay in the D state, without ever getting enough resources to complete a single Uninteruptible wait, for hours at a time?
Ok. Now I understand your patch. Thanks for the info.
You should push your patch to Marcelo.
Thanks, David
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